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Kathmandu, August 22: Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak has asked the parliamentary committee to finalize the bill to amend the anti-corruption act, 2059 soon. During the discussion on the bill in the State Order and Good Governance Committee meeting of the House of Representatives, on Wednesday, August 21, he said that the amendment proposal from the committee will be acceptable to the government.

“During the discussion in the committee, important issues have been identified, now it should be passed by the committee as soon as possible, the matter related to corruption is serious”, said Home Minister Lekhak.

“Many discussions have already taken place in the committee, it is appropriate to conclude the identified issues through quarterly discussions”, he said.

He said that the committee should not delay in deciding on contradicting issues such as whether to extend the jurisdiction of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority, whether the complainant should be identified, provisions related to limitation, conflicts of interest, what action will be taken against officials who delay in making important decisions, and provisions for taking action against unfair actions, etc.

“It is appropriate to conclude these issues during the phase-by-phase discussion”, said the Home Minister, “After entering the phase-by-phase discussion, the government will give its opinion phase-by-phase.”

People’s News Monitoring Service.